Your Old VHS Tapes May Be Worth Thousands of Dollars

Here are 10 VHS movies that are worth thousands of dollars.

After reading this article, you are going to regret throwing out all of those old VHS videos you hid in your closet after DVD players became popular. That’s because while we were changing from VHS tapes to DVD players and then to Netflix, those VHS tapes from the 1980s and 1990s have been gaining in value like crazy.

Apparently, the days when your favorite VHS tapes were worth only a few pennies is almost gone. In fact, some tapes are now considered almost antique, making them worth a lot of money.

According to Metro, several VHS tapes are worth thousands of dollars. Reporters have been speaking to experts about VHS movies and here’s what they said:

“It’s interesting to see how certain VHS tapes have increased in value over the last 50 years or so.”

“We feel that these antech items – or antechs – will only become more valuable investments to collectors as time goes on. It might sound strange that something like the VHS is defined as an antech, but when they can command thousands of pounds on account of their rarity, that’s exactly what they are.”

But, before you try to sell your 5th grade graduation home video on ebay, only a select few VHS tapes were worth a pretty penny. According to reports, it’s the movies that were banned straight after being released that are really making a lot of money. Here are a few examples.

1. Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (JVI) £1,700 ($2,400)
2. The Beast in Heat (JVI) £1,360 ($1,950)
3. Betrayed (Taboo) £1,250 ($1,790)
4. Celestine (GO) £1,250 ($1,790)
5. The Legend of Hillbilly John (Rainbow) £1,140 ($1,635)
6. Journey Into Beyond (Citycenta GO) £1,140 ($1,635)
7. Lemora, Lady Dracula (IFS) £1,025 ($1,470)
8. Don’t Open the Window (Films of the 80s) £1,205 ($1,730)
9. Flesh Eaters (Knockout) £910 ($1,304)
10. Black Decameron (Intervision) £910 ($1,304)

Source: Metro

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